Custom Merch for Restaurants and Bars in Santa Ana, CA
Merch Mob makes kitchen shirts, front-of-house uniforms, and staff hats for restaurants and bars in Santa Ana, CA, at its shop in Montclair, CA, and ships them to Santa Ana. Santa Ana skews young, with 27% of residents between 18 and 34 compared with 23% for the whole country and a median age of 34.7 (Census ACS, 2020-2024), so a retail tee with a playful back print has a large local audience.
Santa Ana by the numbers
Santa Ana has 315,586 residents, up 1.6% since 2020 (Census estimates).
Orange County has 2,919 full-service restaurants with paid employees (Census County Business Patterns, 2023). That is 9.3 for every 10,000 residents, above the national figure of 7.6. 40% of them employ fewer than 10 people; the rest are larger operations. The count is about where it was in 2018 (2,894).
It also has 243 bars and other drinking places with paid employees. That is 0.77 for every 10,000 residents, below the national figure of 1.19. 53% of them employ fewer than 10 people. The count is about where it was in 2018 (236).
Orange County as a whole has 3,149,507 residents, down 1.2% since 2020. Orange County has one full-service restaurant for every 1,080 residents.
- Population, 2025
- 315,586
- Since 2020
- +1.6%
- County
- Orange County
- Full-service restaurants in Orange County, 2023
- 2,919
- Per 10,000 county residents
- 9.3 (US 7.6)
- Bars and other drinking places in Orange County, 2023
- 243
- Per 10,000 county residents
- 0.77 (US 1.19)
- Time zone
- Pacific
- Median age
- 34.7 (US 38.9)
- Residents aged 18 to 34
- 27% (US 23%)
- Warmest month, average high
- August, 85°F
- Coldest month, average low
- December, 48°F
- Days at 90°F or hotter, a year
- 30
- Nights at 32°F or colder, a year
- 0
- Rain, a year
- 13 in
- USPS zone from the shop
- 1
Weather: Santa Ana Fire Station, 1 mi from Santa Ana's center (NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals). People: Census ACS 2020-2024. Counts: CBP 2023, by county, paid-employee establishments. Population: Census, July 2025.
What Santa Ana's weather means for restaurants and bars
About 30 days a year reach 90°F, so kitchen staff still want a lightweight blend in summer, while patio service runs comfortably the rest of the year. December nights average 48°F, cool but never cold, so a light zip hoodie is enough for staff, and heavier fleece belongs on the retail shelf as a gift item. Tee weather, an average high of 70°F or more, lasts 9 months (March to November), so the retail shelf should lead with tees and caps for most of the year. Patios seldom lose a night to weather where yearly rain totals about 13 inches, so the patio crew's caps and tees see heavy use.
| Month in Santa Ana | Average high | Average low | Rain (in) | What staff and regulars wear |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69°F | 49°F | 2.9 | Long sleeves for patio shifts |
| February | 69°F | 50°F | 3.2 | Long sleeves for patio shifts |
| March | 71°F | 52°F | 1.7 | Staff tees and retail tees |
| April | 73°F | 54°F | 0.8 | Staff tees and retail tees |
| May | 75°F | 58°F | 0.3 | Staff tees and retail tees |
| June | 78°F | 61°F | 0.1 | Staff tees and retail tees |
| July | 83°F | 65°F | 0 | Staff tees and retail tees |
| August | 85°F | 65°F | 0 | Light blended staff tees and caps |
| September | 84°F | 64°F | 0.1 | Staff tees and retail tees |
| October | 79°F | 59°F | 0.5 | Staff tees and retail tees |
| November | 74°F | 53°F | 0.8 | Staff tees and retail tees |
| December | 68°F | 48°F | 2.2 | Long sleeves for patio shifts |
Made in So Cal, shipped to Santa Ana.
Santa Ana shares the shop's Southern California region; orders ship from there.
Santa Ana is about 24 miles from Merch Mob's shop in Montclair, CA, a straight-line distance. From the shop's ZIP code, Santa Ana is USPS zone 1. Santa Ana shares the shop's Pacific time zone.
From the production floor
Merch Mob production in Southern California.
Ordering from Santa Ana
When do patio staff in Santa Ana need a warmer layer?
Seldom: winter afternoons stay comfortable and the nights only turn cool, so a quarter-zip for late winter shifts is plenty.
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